The folk-indie act, who are prepping to release their next album ‘Small Town, Big Love, Little Homes’ will kick off the Joy of Little Things tour in Kochi and travel through Indian cities, Europe, Australia and North America in 2026
Kerala folk-indie act When Chai Met Toast. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Kerala folk-indie favorites When Chai Met Toast (WCMT) are heading far and wide as they prepare to release their next album Small Town, Big Love, Little Homes in the coming months.
WCMT—who released their first single “Dreamland” featuring singer-composer Job Kurian in August—will kick off their Joy of Little Things world tour in India with shows in Kochi (Dec. 14, 2025), Bengaluru (Dec. 19), Mumbai (Dec. 20), Pune (Dec. 21), Chennai (Jan. 9, 2026) and Gurugram (Jan. 10, 2026).
Tickets will go on sale for the band’s email base on Sept. 11, followed by general sale of tickets starting from Sept. 12, 2025 for their India tour dates, with more details rolling out in the coming weeks.
Later in 2026, the band—comprising vocalist Ashwin Gopakumar, guitarist and banjo player Achyuth Jaigopal, keyboardist-producer Palee Francis and drummer-percussionist Pai Sailesh—will head to cities like Dublin and Cork, through England and Scotland, Germany and the Netherlands in August 2026.
In September 2026, WCMT heads to the U.S., Canada for 12 shows, followed by performances in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne between Oct. 31 and Nov. 7, 2026. More dates are also expected to be announced.
The band says it’s a deliberate decision to name the global tour after “the first song we ever made”—taken from their 2017 EP Joy of Little Things—rather than their new songs or upcoming album. They describe the EP’s title track as a “homage” to their homes and people and the new album also circles back to those themes.
A group statement explains, “We are touring with our new album Small Town, Big Love, Little Homes and by the time we tour in India, all the songs won’t be released but we will be performing the album in its entirety in this tour.”
The tour marks their 10th anniversary in action and the fourth consecutive year of touring abroad and in India. “This time we are all taking a step back and evaluating how we should treat touring/live performances so that it’s more sustainable for us as a band. Keeping these in mind—for the next 10-12 months, these will be the only shows we do in the regions of the tour,” the band adds in a statement.
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